My style is very much my own with a strong leaning to abstract and semi-abstract ways of expressing my thoughts and feelings through art.  My work evolves every year as the way I think and feel changes, however two lines of enquiry have underpinned the whole journey ever since I first started taking painting seriously in my twenties.

The first concerns the abstract potential of watercolour be it on its own or combined with other mediums. The second is my continued and growing enquiry into our/ my connection as humans with nature.  By nature I am referring to land, birds and flowers and thinking of myself as a part of nature too. 

PRESENT REFLECTIONS INFLUENCING MY WORK

As I paint from my home barn studio surrounded by arable fields I am feeling more connected to the land and wildlife around me than ever before.  Nature genuinely makes me feel happy every day, the healing power of open spaces and far-reaching views benefits my creative thinking and encourages my mental and physical well being too.  

2026 onwards - UNDULATES - Shifting Emotion

In today's society technology and availability can be all consuming and also mentally and visually taxing.  Peaks, dales and moorland offers freedom and shelter in the same way painting offers it too and both are wonderful places to reset and regain clarity of vision are marvel in the colours and natural forms in nature.

I have put my metallic lines to one side and embraced the moments where one colour meets the other. The flowing and tilting coupled with large, fluid brushstrokes have revealed beauty and rhythm.